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Recruitment faces a tough period, especially in the UK, with hiring slowdowns, team and budget cuts, and disruption from AI.

Budget remains a top challenge, as a recent survey showed a 76% increase in HR professionals citing budget as their primary concern for 2025. Recruitment challenges ranked a close second.

Many teams must do more with less while managing the pressure of implementing new technology and adopting AI into daily processes.

Greenhouse offers many AI tools and automation features, but most require premium product tiers, which come at a significant cost.

Customer service also depends on pricing tier. Mid-market teams without large budgets may need to configure a new platform without support or intended features.

For teams seeking an ATS without stretching budgets or managing a complex configuration alone, several market options exist. We summarised these below.

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Occy

Who’s it best for?

Occy is a great fit for UK mid-market businesses who are looking to onboard an ATS that prioritises a powerful feature set with a highly customisable automation builder. Occy’s platform is easy to use, doesn’t come with a steep learning curve and provides an extensive integrated feature set alongside a focus on people-led customer support.

Why choose Occy over Greenhouse?

As a Greenhouse alternative, Occy covers most of Greenhouse’s capabilities, but access to our features isn’t limited by pricing tiers.
We believe teams should get value for their money and gain an ATS that supports their desired hiring process without limits.

Occy also prioritises customer service and fast implementation. While Greenhouse typically charges for implementation and training, Occy provides both for free.

Occy fully configures and trains teams within four weeks, guided by people, not articles.
Greenhouse offers a highly configurable platform, but full implementation can take months, especially with additional integrations or training.

Key Features

  • Fully customisable and automated workflows that can be built in a few clicks and don’t require weeks of effort to get up and running
  • Ethically implemented AI features that support the hiring process and reduce manual workload without compromising explainability or introducing unwanted bias
  • Customer service that’s people-first, with the same gold standard of service for all customers regardless of their company size or contract value

How does Greenhouse’s pricing work?

Greenhouse uses a tiered pricing structure. While flexible pricing sounds good, contract values often rise sharply when desired features are added.

At Occy, we provide a similar feature set to Greenhouse’s premium tiers at a fixed cost comparable to their basic tier.

In short, our customers get the same powerful features at a much better deal.
We believe teams should not let budgets limit their hiring strategies, especially when ROI must be constantly justified.

Occy also offers consistently lower costs for advertising media.
We save customers at least 15% compared to buying directly from job boards and often even more compared to Greenhouse.

 

Teamtailor

Who’s it best for?

Teamtailor suits international enterprise businesses with over 5,000 employees, or mid-market businesses that want to continue using their existing hiring tech stack alongside their ATS.

Businesses that choose Teamtailor typically prioritise brand-led recruiting, without building complex recruitment workflows or customising their ATS for specific needs.

Key Features

  • Co-pilot helps improve recruiter productivity through the use of generative AI
  • Broad integration capabilities with over 400 apps and platforms currently supported 
  • CRM functionality and talent pooling facilitates automated candidate nurturing

Key Considerations

  • Implementation support depends heavily on company size, with businesses under 5,000 employees often left with knowledge base articles to resolve issues
  • Configuration and setup of the Teamtailor platform averages 4 months from the beginning of your contract, posing an issue around slow time to value
  • Platform loading speed and unresolved bugs have been frequently mentioned in Trustpilot reviews, indicating frustrations within Teamtailor’s customer base

Pricing

Teamtailor does not list pricing tiers on its website. Reviews indicate the model is unclear and includes many hidden costs.

Their website advertises a deep feature set, but many features require add-ons or the integrated marketplace. Core functions, like data import and calendar connections, cost extra.

The number of integrations is impressive and provides access to a wide feature base. However, additional annual subscriptions add up, making ROI justification harder for budget-conscious hiring and HR leaders.

Talos360

Who’s it best for?

Talos 360 suits larger businesses with complex hiring processes that require a fully configured ATS, including broad features and HRIS integrations.

It also works well for the public sector, where its G-Cloud 14 accreditation helps pass procurement processes.

However, this configurability comes at a high cost. Modular pricing increases expenses when features like video profiling or career site builds are added.

Mid-market teams that are budget-conscious or need quick configuration may find better options with similar features at lower costs.

Key Features

  • Configurable platform with a broad feature set supporting varied hiring processes
  • Agency portals and PSL provide an integrated way to work with external parties
  • Strong analytics capabilities, providing teams with granular reporting into performance

Key Considerations

  • AI implementation is shifting into an ethically grey area, where algorithms and models look to replace many core responsibilities of hiring managers
  • Modular platform structure provides flexibility, but also significant complexity causing configuration projects to take roughly 4 months before value is realised
  • Customer service is tiered, and as Talos 360 begins to focus on the enterprise segment, mid-market customers may find the service level inadequate for their needs

Pricing

Talos360 uses a modular pricing structure. While a highly configured package sounds appealing, contract values often rise sharply when features are added.

Talos360 also allows media buying instead of going directly to job boards. However, packages remain relatively expensive. Occy saves teams significantly compared to Talos360’s prices.

Overall, Talos360 offers a highly configurable and connected ATS, but it comes at a significant premium compared to other market options, especially for media-supported candidate attraction.

Pinpoint

Who’s it best for?

Similarly to Teamtailor, Pinpoint is a good option for internal hiring teams who place a significant focus on hiring through their employer brand, or want to build bespoke hiring processes across multiple functions and teams within their organisation.

Pinpoint uses automation to help support candidate communication, team notifications and light candidate management, although teams who are looking to integrate AI into their hiring process or need a fast implementation may want to look elsewhere.. 

Key Features

  • Best in class career site builder and employer branding toolkit
  • Automation builder that supports function specific workflows
  • Equality reporting is a larger focus in Pinpoint compared to other ATS platforms

Key Considerations

  • Implementation heavily varies based on the complexity of the organisation, with some complex projects taking up to 6 months before the platform is completely configured
  • Whilst the automation builder is effective, it takes a significant amount of time to get up and running and workflows built to support the hiring process
  • Pinpoint’s AI features don’t extend to generative AI, meaning that email templates and communications still need to be written manually, making automation less scalable

Pricing

Pinpoint doesn’t publish pricing on their website, and requires a meeting to receive a quote. However, reported pricing is on the higher end of the ATS market, with some of Pinpoint’s features locked behind an Enterprise tier which starts at five figures per year.

Whilst pricing is relatively high, there’s a lack of customisation within the system, indicating that teams with a larger budget may get more for their money elsewhere.

Cezanne Recruitment (formerly Occupop)

Who’s it best for?

With Cezanne’s recent acquisition of Occupop, the platform has now been rebranded as Cezanne Recruitment. Their ATS focuses on catering to small businesses, offering a simple platform that can be implemented quickly (within 24 hours according to their website).

Cezanne recruitment is a great fit for small businesses and organisations that are looking for a simple solution to help quickly organise their hiring process, without the deep feature set or automation workflows that help ATS platforms provide scalability and customisation.

Key Features

  • Fast implementation time supported by onboarding and support teams
  • Simple and intuitive UX that doesn’t require much training to use
  • Practical, yet basic feature set that doesn’t require complex set up to get started

Key Considerations

  • Automation and nurture campaigns are under-developed, making the platform less scalable for businesses that are growing, or have larger hiring demands
  • Integrations are weak, with most of the available connections related to general productivity platforms such as Microsoft Teams, or employee benefit platforms
  • For teams that aren’t using Cezanne’s HRIS, the platform may feel less future-proof given the lack of available integrations with other common HRTech.

Pricing

Given the recent acquisition, pricing is difficult to gauge and isn’t published on Cezanne Recruitment’s website. Previous customers have indicated that Occupop’s basic package was in the mid four figures per year, and given that the platform mostly targets small businesses, this may still be correct.

For small businesses who are looking to purchase their first ATS or teams that are already using Cezanne’s HRIS, Cezanne Recruitment is an attractive option. However, for teams that have more complex hiring processes or are purchasing an ATS with the future in mind, there are likely better options.

SeeMeHired

Who’s it best for?

SeeMeHired is a basic platform that’s best suited for small businesses who are looking to onboard their first ATS, particularly in industries such as hospitality and healthcare where compliance is a greater concern.

For internal teams who are only looking for the basic functionality of an ATS; the ability to post to job boards, collect CVs and schedule video interviews, SeeMeHired can perform adequately, However, for teams that are looking to scale their hiring process through automation and through the usage of AI, there are better options on the market.

Key Features

  • Clean interface that’s easy to use and mobile friendly
  • Integrated video tool allows teams to use the ATS for end-to-end hiring
  • Candidate portal brings transparency to the hiring process

Key Considerations

  • The platform is missing automation within its functionality, limiting the ability to create scalable processes using SeeMeHired
  • There’s a lack of customisation for teams who have complexity in their hiring process, making it unsuitable for mature hiring functions
  • SeeMeHired doesn’t integrate with other software outside of job boards, preventing it from becoming a core part of a connected tech stack and ecosystem

Pricing

SeeMeHired doesn’t publish pricing on its website, and there are a lack of reviews or customers who have given an indication into what pricing model the platform uses. It’s worth noting that implementation isn’t included in the subscription price, and reportedly costs roughly 25 – 33% of an annual subscription as a one off fee

To receive a personalised quote, contact the team through their website.

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